From over-the-top beer comedy to shiver-inducing PSA drama, and from monstrous macho motor sports to love-struck gay Samurai – Stash 44 is a jolting ride through the very best animation and VFX being produced right now.

We start this issue at 10,000 feet with Animal Logic dropping Carlton Draft into a huge two-minute spot exposing the dangers of drinking while skydiving. Then we’re off with Terry Jones and the BBC to catch first-hand documentary proof that a new species of penguin (Penguinealia digitalus) can actually fly.

From Antarctica we zip to China where Psyop draw on their innate talent for visual poetry to reveal the inner struggles of young Olympic diving hopeful Hu Jia. Then, just when you were getting comfortable, a different kind of struggle is brought into stark focus in one of the most powerful and resonant PSA’s you will ever witness (with chilling VFX by Absolute Post in London).

The surprises keep coming with Nexus director Woof Wan-Bau taking the surreal route for Nomis soccer boots, Rune Entertainment’s hilarious role-playing gamers for Gibsons, and Three Legged Legs’ hand-drawn creatures adding the spark to Michael Mann’s new Sprint spot.

Broadcast design on Stash 44 swings from the stunning black and white ShowTime spot from Spark to the blaring chroma and kooky character work of PandaPanther for MTV TR3S, Bermuda Shorts for CBBC, and CA Square for Sí TV (on the cover).

Okay, we’re barely a third of the way through the line-up and running out of space – here’s a quick taste of the insane variety on the rest of the main program: BlackGinger kicks in a pool of five spots for South Africa’s 5FM, Mathematic channels the Eighties for Kap10Kurt’s new “Danger Seekers” video, Lobo cuts up for the MixBrasil film festival, Onesize pumps up O’Neill’s new product launch, Red Rover makes a “DANDY” of a TV pitch, Transistor escapes with Hyundai, Mixtape Club and Yeasayer “Wait for the Summer”, The Orphange curb their cartoon urges with Nicoderm – plus notable new work from Hatch Studios, Not to Scale, Play Airways, DAf, ManvsMachine, Maxin Zhestkov, and Chez Eddy.

We’re also very proud of our two new discoveries – studios we’d never heard of until this issue: The first is KOO-KI, a Japanese studio who sent us their hyper-kinetic “No Same Way” clip for Honda. Second, a Parisian company called Cube Creative who animated the closing piece on this issue, a magical music video for Dionysos called “Tais-toi mon Coeur”.

The 10 BONUS FILMS on 44 are the winners of the onedotzero/MTV “Bloom” competition where new filmmakers, animators and other creatives were invited to send in a treatment for a one-minute film that explored the identity and community of their hometown. These 10 films were commissioned from over 200 submissions from 30 countries.

The BONUS MUSIC on Stash 44 is an ear-opening onslaught of indie music from a very cool label called Suicide Squeeze Records. Grab free MP3 tracks from Chin Up Chin Up, Minus the Bear, Page France, Russian Circles, Six Parts Seven, The Aislers Set, and Black Mountain.

FOSTER’S CARLTON DRAUGHT “SKY TROOP”
TVC 2:00

Agency: CLEMENGER BBDO, MELBOURNE
Director: PAUL MIDDLEDITCH
Production: PLAZA FILMS
Animation/VFX: ANIMAL LOGIC
www.animallogic.com

BBC iPLAYER “PENGUINS”
Viral

Agency: RKCR Y&R
Director: VINCE SQUIBB, DARREN WALSH
Production company: RED BEE, GORGEOUS, PASSION PICTURES
Animation/VFX: PASSION PICTURES, THE MILL
www.passion-pictures.com
www.the-mill.com

ADIDAS “HU JIA”
TVC :60

Agency: TBWA, CHINA
Directors: MARIE HYON, MARCO SPIER
Production: PSYOP, STINK
Animation: PSYOP
www.psyop.tv

DUNKELZIFFER “TENTACLES”
Cinema/TVC :30

Agency: RED RABBIT WERBEAGENTUR GMBH
Director: THE VIKINGS
Production: ROKKIT
VFX: ABSOLUTE POST
www.absolutepost.co.uk

NOMIS “DAMN BOOTS”
Viral

Agency: JOHANNES LEONARDO
Director: WOOF WAN-BAU
Production: NEXUS PRODUCTIONS
VFX/POST: FRAMESTORE CFC
www.framestore-cfc.com

GIBSON’S FINEST WHISKEY
“DELICIOUSLY MELLOW”
Viral

Agency: BRANDWORKS INTERNATIONAL
Director: PAUL WOLLENZIEN
Animation: RUNE ENTERTAINMENT
www.runeentertainment.com

SPRINT “THE MONSTERS OF NASCAR”
TVC :60

Agency: GOODBY, SILVERSTEIN & PARTNERS
Director: MICHAEL MANN
Production: ALTURAS REDFISH FILMS, GREEN DOT FILMS
Animation/design: THREE LEGGED LEGS
www.threeleggedlegs.com
Post: THE MILL, LOS ANGELES
www.the-mill.com

SHOWTIME SPORTS
Broadcast design

Client: SHOWTIME NETWORKS INC.
Director: ELAINE CANTWELL
Production: SPARK
Animation: DRIVE STUDIO
www.drivestudio.com

CBBC
Broadcast design

Agency: RED BEE MEDIA
Directors: RUN WRAKE, MURRAY JOHN, EOIN CLARKE, FILIPE ALCADA, SUSI WILKINSON, MARIO CAVALLI
Animation/VFX: BERMUDA SHORTS
www.bermudashorts.com

MTV TR3S “TOP 20”
Broadcast design

Client: MTV NETWORKS
Directors: JONATHAN GARIN, NAOMI NISHIMURA
Animation: PANDAPANTHER
www.pandapanther.com

Sí TV
Broadcast design (montage)

Client: Sí TV
Director: CA SQUARE
Animation/VFX: CA SQUARE
www.ca-square.com

5FM “LIFE TO THE POWER OF 5”
Cinema/TVCs x 5

Agency: NETWORK BBDO, JOHANNESBURG
Director: ADRIAN DE SA GARCES
Production: TENACITY FILMS
VFX: BLACKGINGER
www.blackginger.tv

HONDA “NO SAME WAY CRF 150R”
Viral

Commissioning company: P.I.C.S
Agency/broadcaster: DENTSU
Director: HITOSHI TAKEKIYO
Animation/VFX/design: KOO-KI CO., LTD.
CG: KENICHIRO TANAKA, SATOSHI TAKENO,
RYO IHARA
www.koo-ki.co.jp

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KAP10KURT “DANGER SEEKERS”
Music video

Record label: PLANTMUSIC
Director: THE HOLOGRAMS
Production: LES TELECREATEURS
Animation: MATHEMATIC
www.mathematic.tv

ZERO ONE
Viral, corporate film

Client: ZERO ONE PERFORMANCE CARS
Directors: TIM SWIFT, MIKE ALDERSON
Design/animation: MANVSMACHINE
www.manvsmachine.co.uk

CONCHA Y TORO “SENDERO”
Corporate video

Client: CONCHA Y TORO WINERY
Director: DAF
Animation: DAF
www.daf.cl

“UNTITLED”
Short film

Director: MAXIM ZHESTKOV
Animation: MAXIM ZHESTKOV
www.zhestkov.com

YEASAYER “WAIT FOR THE SUMMER”
Music video

Record label: WE ARE FREE
Director: MIXTAPE CLUB
Production: HORNET INC.
Animation: MIXTAPE CLUB
www.mixtapeclub.com

EVAC “THE HORRIBLE SOUNDS”
Short film/music video

Director: JOSH RASKIN
Production: ELECTRIC COMPANY
Animation/VFX: PLAY AIRWAYS
www.playairways.com

O’NEILL “NAVJACKET SALESMEETING”
Corporate film

Client: O’NEILL EUROPE
Directors: KASPER VERWEIJ, MENNO FOKMA
Animation/VFX: ONESIZE
www.onesize.nl

HYUNDAI “ESC”
Viral

Agency: GOODBY, SILVERSTEIN & PARTNERS
Director: TRANSISTOR STUDIOS
Animation: TRANSISTOR STUDIOS
www.transistorstudios.com

MIX BRASIL 2007
Opening credits

Director: MATEUS DE PAULA SANTOS
Production: LOBO
Animation: BIRDO STUDIO, LOBO
www.birdo.com.br
www.lobo.cx

GLAXOSMITHKLINE “NICODERM”
TVCs :30 x 2

Agency: ARNOLD ADVERTISING, NY
Director: GENNDY TARTAKOVSKY
Animation: THE ORPHANAGE
www.theorphanage.com

FORD “ROLLERCOASTER”
TVC :30

Agency: Y&R, TORONTO
Directors: RICHARD ROSENMAN, LARISSA ULISKO
Animation/VFX: HATCH STUDIOS
www.hatchstudios.net

HONDA “DO, KEEP DOING, DO SOME MORE”
Cinema/viral/in-store

Agency: WIEDEN+KENNEDY
Directors: COAN & ZORN
Production: NOT TO SCALE
Animation: NOT TO SCALE
www.nottoscale.tv

"DANDY"
TV series pitch

Director: ANDY KNIGHT
Production: RED ROVER STUDIOS
Animation: RED ROVER STUDIOS
www.redrover.net

“MICKAEL THE TURTLE”
Music video

Record label: UNIVERSAL MUSIC
Director: FRAGGLEBOO
Production: TINK
Animation: CHEZ EDDY
www.chezeddy.com

DIONYSOS & OLIVIA RUIZ “TAIS-TOI MON COEUR”
Music video

Record label: BARCLAY/UNIVERSAL
Director: STEPHANE BERLA
Production: LN PRODUCTIONS
Animation: CUBE CREATIVE
www.cube-creative.fr

ONEDOTZERO/MTV “BLOOM”
Short films

“ROME”
Director: QUAYOLA

“BEIJING DANCE”
Director: LULU LI

“FOREIGNERS”
Director: AYALA SHAROT

“CITYFIX”
Director: MATT BULLOCK

“PROXIES”
Director: IGOR KNEZEVIC

“MORFISM”
Director: THE HOLOGRAMS

“UNTITLED”
Directors: PRZEMYSLAW ADAMSKI,
KATARZYNA KIJEK

“UNTITLED”
Director: RYAN LOUIE

“NORDIC FOLK LEGENDS”
Director: MARIEKE VERBIESEN

“LONE KAURI ROAD”
Directors: NEIL GRUNDY, ALYSSA KATH